
Now we need to debunk Republican propaganda claiming the opposite and move on to win real higher-education reform
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Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics
Now we need to debunk Republican propaganda claiming the opposite and move on to win real higher-education reform
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics
If we want to live in a democracy, we all have to take to the streets … and stay there
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And the possibility of its return
Written by JYOTI SINHA Filed Under: COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed
The mission of building solidarity within the South Asian community is akin to other movements such as Black Lives Matter. How can we learn from them in order to connect our own community? For many South Asians committed to fighting state violence against Black people, it is clear that our work in being allies relies on undoing anti-Black ideologies within our own communities.
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS
Do back politicians calling for immediate national living wage checks and Medicare for All
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS
Local elections are far more important than Mass voters seem to think, given the historically low turnouts for most of them in recent decades. Especially during off-year contests like this year’s. So, for starters, I just want to encourage everyone who ... read more
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS
Every few months, we start a new intern cohort at DigBoston. And since we’ve taken to accepting larger numbers of interns—we currently have 16 for the summer—inevitably ... read more
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: COLUMNS, Update
Seeking next group of working-class journalists
In November, I put out the word that DigBoston was looking for working-class Boston natives to write for us.
Specifically, I called for locals with three of the four qualities we look for in good journalists: ... read more
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS
Good journalists typically have four attributes: an ability to communicate information about the world around them to other people, training in the conventions of journalism, compassion for their fellow human beings, and deep knowledge of the areas they ... read more
Written by JASON PRAMAS Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Uncategorized
For the past many years, I’ve written an annual Labor Day editorial for whatever publication I’m running at the time. And it’s always a relentlessly depressing exercise. Because there just hasn’t been much good news for working people in decades.
Since the 1970s, corporate ... read more